Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1995, 8:10 PM CDT for Carver County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1995, 8:10 PM CDT (01:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carver County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 39 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Arlington, MN | Touched down in field. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 37 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 220113 TORMSP MNC143-220200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 810 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY AT 812 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TORNADIC ACTIVITY NEAR ARLINGTON OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GREEN ISLE AND HENDERSON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING WALLS. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. HOWIESON
1 follow-up statement
000 TTAA00 KMSP 220114 RRA TORMSP MNC143-019-220200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 810 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY...SOUTHERN CARVER AT 812 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES TORNADIC ACTIVITY NEAR ARLINGTON OR 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GREEN ISLE AND HENDERSON. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING WALLS. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. HOWIESON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 69 min |
| Jul 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower, Olmsted | 32 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.